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Parshas Chayai Sara (5767)
By Mordechai Dolinsky
The popular understanding of Rashi (23:1) is that Sara Imainu passed away from the shock of the mistaken information that Yitzchok was actually slaughtered. However, from more careful examination it is clear that she was disturbed just from the idea of the “akaida” which obviously needs explanation.
Just as the ‘nisayon’ of Avraham is explained that the whole concept of slaughtering Yitzchok was so much to the contrary of how Hashem presented Himself as the epitome of chesed; so too, to Sara the idea was just too devastating.
This calls out for us the extreme importance that chesed is in the service of Hashem.
Have a wonderful Chodesh.